Shloka 76
न्यासवर्णनम् (Nyāsa-varṇanam) — Description of Nyāsa in the Saṃnyāsa Procedure
अष्टत्रिंशत्कलान्यासमेवं कृत्वा तु सर्वशः । पश्चात्प्रणवविद्धीमान्प्रणवन्यासमाचरेत् । बाहुद्वये कूर्परयोस्तथा च मणिबन्धयोः । पार्श्वतोदरजंघेषु पादयोः पृष्ठतस्तथा
aṣṭatriṃśatkalānyāsamevaṃ kṛtvā tu sarvaśaḥ | paścātpraṇavaviddhīmānpraṇavanyāsamācaret | bāhudvaye kūrparayostathā ca maṇibandhayoḥ | pārśvatodarajaṃgheṣu pādayoḥ pṛṣṭhatastathā
یوں ہر طرح سے اڑتیس کلاؤں کا نِیاس کر لینے کے بعد، پھر پرنَو کی ودھی جاننے والا سادھک پرنَو (اوم) کا نِیاس کرے۔ وہ دونوں بازوؤں میں، کہنیوں پر اور کلائیوں پر؛ پہلوؤں، پیٹ، رانوں، پاؤں اور اسی طرح پیٹھ پر بھی اوم قائم کرے۔
Suta Goswami (narrating Śaiva ritual procedure to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, as typical of Purāṇic transmission)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Mantra: oṃ (praṇava)
Type: gayatri
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse teaches bodily sanctification through nyāsa: the sādhaka maps Śiva’s śakti (kalās) and the Praṇava onto the body, turning the embodied “paśu” into a fit vessel for Śiva-upāsanā and inner stillness, aligned with Shaiva Siddhānta’s purification (śuddhi) before realization.
Nyāsa prepares the worshipper to approach Saguna Śiva—often as the Liṅga—by consecrating limbs with mantra-power, so external Liṅga-pūjā is mirrored by internalized worship where the body becomes a ritual field dedicated to Śiva.
It prescribes Praṇava (Oṃ) nyāsa after the thirty-eight-kalā nyāsa, placing Oṃ on specific limbs (arms, elbows, wrists, sides, belly, thighs, feet, and back) as a meditative consecration prior to mantra-japa and Śiva-pūjā.